Demonstration of optical interference filters utilizing tunable refractive index layers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 104, 2010, Pages A594-A599

  Poxson, David J ^a,b   Mont, Frank W ^a   Schubert, Martin F ^a   Kim, Jong Kyu ^c   Cho, Jaehee ^a   Schubert, E Fred ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LAMPS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; XENON;

AIR MASS; CONVENTIONAL FILTERS; OPTICAL INTERFERENCE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPECTRAL FIDELITY; XENON LAMPS;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 78149443393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.00A594     Document Type: Article

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